Eleven Found Guilty In Britain December 14, 2011 The British Horseracing Authority has found 11 individuals, including four jockeys, guilty of corruption stemming from an investigation into race fixing in 2009
Trio Charged In Down Under Probe November 24, 2011 The New South Wales Police Force has announced that three individuals have been charged in relation to the ongoing investigation into corruption in the harness racing industry down under
BHA To Announce Hearing Verdicts November 22, 2011 The British Horseracing Authority has announced the date that it will announce its decision in regard to the disciplinary hearings it conducted earlier this fall against four jockeys and one jockey-tu...
Corruption Hearing Starts Thursday October 24, 2011 After having gone through quite a public row last week over its new and ultimately modified whipping rule, the British Horseracing Authority is set to deal with more dirty laundry this week, as 13 ind...
Quinn Breaks Silence On Gaming Expansion October 17, 2011 Members of both the Illinois racing community and the state senate have been waiting quite a while for Governor Pat Quinn to officially comment on the expanded gaming bill for the state. Quinn broke h...
Panel To Begin Swabbing Irregularity Probe October 03, 2011 A special panel of stewards put together to inquire the 'swabbing and betting' scandal in Down Under racing is scheduled to have its first meeting Tuesday, October 4
Veteran Horseman Ruled Off September 08, 2011 A day after his 58th birthday, Robbie Byrnes, a 40-year veteran of the Down Under harness racing industry, was warned off by Harness Racing New South Wales after having refused to provide his telephon
Blagojevich Found Guilty Of Corruption June 28, 2011 Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was found guilty of 17 corruption charges on Monday, June 27, three of which were related to the attempted shakedown of a state racetrack executive
Owner/Handicapper In Hot Water Again July 12, 2010 It has been reported that a currently-suspended owner/handicapper has been accused of paying a horseman to throw a race so that he could win a wager placed on the online betting exchange Betfair
More Johnston Testimony At 'Blago' Trial June 24, 2010 John Johnston, owner of Illinois racetracks Maywood and Balmoral Park, testified in Chicago yesterday in the corruption trial of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich
Johnston In 'Blago' Trial: "Go Fly A Kite" June 21, 2010 This morning during the political corruption trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Maywood and Balmoral Park owner John Johnston testified in regard to an alleged shakedown directed towar...
Extortion Allegation In Blagojevich Trial June 15, 2010 Lobbyist Alonzo 'Lon' Monk, a friend of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, testified against his friend yesterday during Blagojevich's corruption trial. Monk explained how he and the former gov...
New Guilty Plea For Monk In Illinois April 30, 2010 According to a report, one of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's top level aides entered a new guilty plea this morning in federal court